Summer reading programs for kids and adults across libraries
Coupon Queen highlights free summer reading programs at libraries for all ages with chances to win prizes. Barnes & Noble offers a free book after eight reads. Pizza Hut Camp BOOK IT runs in June to August for a free pizza upon goals. Walgreens deal and author notes follow.
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Surviving Homelessness to Hope in New York City
A girl who grew up homeless in New York recalls selling Skittles and busking on Fifth Avenue with her twin sister. She details poverty, maternal struggles, brief schooling, and eventual success through GEDs, college aid, and mentoring, ending with a pledge to help others in need.
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New York City
New York
Twin
59Th Street Bridge
Mom
Fifth Avenue
Trump Tower
57Th Street
FAO Schwarz
Zack
Daisy
Clover
Heather Kristin
Telling My Child I Have Breast Cancer
A 42 year old mother writes about learning she has breast cancer and explaining it to her four year old son. She describes the shock, the slow unfolding of treatment plans, and the balance of parenting with a serious illness, hoping to tell him more each day.
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Rachel Krych
Rachel
Google
Hotmail
Colorado
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